March 31, 2011

Today's NN is brought to you through the miracles of modern technology, and the ability to schedule posts. I'm actually on vacation at the moment (huzzah!). I couldn't let you all know sooner, since it was a surprise for my mother-in-law. (Happy birthday, Rita!) But let's get on with it, shall we?

*sniffle* I am going to be so heartbroken after seeing the last movie. Not that it doesn't end as well as can be, but that the series has come to an end. (Plus, I BAWLED during Part 1. I'm going to be all sorts of red faced and puffy after Part 2.)

And finally, in some alternate universe, there is a version of The Hobbit illustrated by Maurice Sendak. In ours, unfortunately (thanks to a labeling mishap and bruised egos), we only have this one drawing.

March 30, 2011

You'll have to forgive me, I feel like being a bit of a crazy dog mom today.

Have you met Mollie?

She's a chihuahua-mutt with one floppy ear that Colt and I adopted from the Austin Humane Society a little more than three years ago. When we went to first visit her, she was named Mrs. Weasley, and had come in with a puppy whose name was Percy. (Honestly, that poor dog.) We added the Mollie into the mix, and changed up the spelling, pretty much just to be difficult.

She turned six in January. She is totally adorable—and she knows it!

Such a lady!

She's a burrower; she sleeps wadded up in a Beauty and the Beast comforter. Whenever else she can find a blanket, she'll claim it for her own (even if someone else is already using it!)

March 28, 2011

My darling husband turned 27 last week, and it wouldn't be a (Murray/)Curtis birthday without some sort of nerdiness made by me.

I am not a baker or cake maker, by any stretch of the words, but I make a decent attempt at decorating for Colt's birthday. We have more than one celebration—with friends and family—so for the past two years, Colt's gotten two cakes. (I know, lucky duck!) Last year, I made a garish Iron Man mask and a Perry the Platypus, which actually turned out well, considering I was going for a child's drawing look.

As for presents, Colt didn't want much this year. He got some books and giftcards from friends and family, but his "opulence, I has it" present went a little something like this:

"I have no idea what this is for."

"Ohhhh ... yay!"

Some family and I went together to get him an iPad 2. I wasn't sure it would get here on time, even with buying it the morning it came out, the demand was so crazy. So I made him a felt case to "stand in" in case it didn't make it.

I thought I was absolutely hilarious when I thought this baby up. For those who who aren't familiar with the Green Lantern Corps canon, the orange lantern is controlled by greed. Funny, right?

This list was probably the easiest of all of them. I've been known to be boy/celebrity crazy. (Each year, I make a Man Calendar to put up in my cubicle.) And I apparently have a thing for the Brits and guys who aren't afraid to be nerdy.

I included some fictional crushes too.

Day twenty-one: Things to do this Spring

Make time for crafting, get wedding photos printed and hung, get a bike, ride said bike, take hard top off Jeep, READ, spend more time outdoors, wash/vacuum both cars, clean/reorganize storage unit.

A mix of both fun and chores. :)

Day twenty-two: Today I saw ...

Darkness (dang DST!), traffic on 183, overcast skies, day laborers on the street corner, the ATPE offices, the inside of my cubicle, more traffic on 183, lots of bikes, chocolate cake mix in a bowl, my loves, darkness (yay sleep!).